Question 01: How Can I Know What is True?

October 19, 2008 Speaker: Julian Freeman Series: 26 Questions

Topic: Expository Preaching Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:15–17, Psalm 19

26 Questions (You Should be Asking)

Question 01: HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT IS TRUE?
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Q: In a world that despairs of ever knowing absolute truth, how can Christians claim to know the truth? By what standard is truth discerned?

A: The Bible uniformly testifies to itself throughout that it is the God-breathed truth, the standard of all knowledge.

1. THE AUTHORITY AND INERRANCY OF THE SCRIPTURES

--- A. AUTHORITY
--- B. INERRANCY
--- C. POSSIBLE OBJECTION: CIRCULAR ARGUMENT

2. THE CLARITY, NECESSITY, AND SUFFICIENCY OF THE SCRIPTURES

--- A. CLARITY
--- B. NECESSITY
--- C. SUFFICIENCY

3. IMPLICATIONS & APPLICATIONS

--- A. TRUTH
--- B. AUTHORITY
--- C. DELIGHT